A Rock: Your New Life Coach
A perspective on life
I make sure not to crash the tiny black shells I share a slimy rock with as I sit next to them, cross-legged. I am in the calm water of the Gulf of Thailand.
All these years of yoga are paying off. My body is old (er) but still strong and flexible. Thank you.
Sunglasses on, I stare at the vastness in front of me. I pause. Slow down my thoughts. Focus on this precious present moment. The water is warm. I stretch my tanned legs, one at a time. If I allow myself to sway them this way and that, the rhythm of the gentle waves lullabies me. They rise and fall in a predictable pattern, taking my lower body with them.
There is nothing I have to do. I can let go.
Although the sun is at its peak over my head, I feel refreshed. As if I just drank some chilled coconut water. Shoulders dropped. Jaw relaxed. I let myself be. Allow the rhythm to do its thing.
This gentle buoyancy makes me think of the ebb and flow of life. Everything comes and goes, no matter how we try to control what is.
Do you ever push against the current state of things?
Why is it so difficult to be in our most vulnerable moments? What are we clinging on? Do you know the answers to these questions?
Although I have learned to live in a state of neutrality, on most days, there are times when I feel on top of the world. Like the high tide sweeping over the shore. And others when I feel as if everything is receding. Like the low tide revealing the hidden depths of nothingness below.
Many years of mindfulness practice have shown me that just as I can’t control the currents (I wouldn't even want to), I can’t manage every aspect of my life. I can learn to adapt, though. To ride the waves. To appreciate what is in both the highs and lows. To be firmly rooted yet move with the flow of life. Like a bamboo. Grounded yet swaying where the wind takes it.
Things get into their tempo if I do nothing. Accept what is. And stay afloat. The ebb and flow of the waves remind me to be in the moments of stillness.
As water sustains us effortlessly, I know that divine presence offers us unwavering support. I have felt its presence in the darkest moments of my life. I have been rescued by its preciousness more than once.
Have you?
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